Improved lemon-squeezer



UNITED STATES* PATENT d OFFICE.

GEoRGuM. THOMAS, or newv YORK, N. Y.

,s iMPRovED LEMoN-SQUEEZER.

i Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,554, dated June 10, i862.

To all whom it `my `conoci/'77,:

Be it known that I, GEoRGE M. THoMAs, of the city, county,and State ofwNew York,

. have. inventedwa new and Improved Lemon- Squeezer; and I do hereby declare that'the following is a f ull,`clea`r, and exact description of l the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciflcation, -in which-4- j Y f `Figure lis aside sectional view `of my in- `vention,taken on theline w, Fig.` 2.' Fig. 2is s a plan or top View of the same.

" Similarfletters of reference indicate' correspending parts in the twb figures.

Thislinvention consists in constructing the squeezeroi' castmetal and of such form or in such a manner that a very durable, economical, and light implement for the purpose is obtained, andonethat may be manipulated or operated with greater facility than the ordi.`

nary kinds in general use.

s To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

`A A represent the two handles of thefimplement, the front `ends of which are connected by afulcrunrpin, d. lThe upper handle, A, is provided with a longitudinal slot-,1), at its Y v frontand in which thefront end, c, of handle A vis fitted loosely, the pinY passing through b and c, asshown clearly in Fig. 2.

The lower handle, A', near its front end, is

` provided ,witha bowl, B, of semispherical form, and perforated at its bottom, as shown at din Fig. l.' The inner surface of the bowl B isenameled, orshould be, in 'order to pre vent oxidation. 'The' bowl .B and lhandle A are cast in one piece, and the bowl projects below 'the handle, the latter being on -a level or "in the same plane `with theupper edge ofthe former.l The front end ofthe handle A,how

` ever, through which Ythe fulcrum-pin a passes,- projects above, the bowl, as shown clearly in Fie. 1.

\ *The handle A, near its /front end, is also provided with a bowl, C, east with 'it ofrsemi spherical form, but smaller than the bowl B, so that the former may t within the latter and allow a space, e, of suitable width between them when the handles are fully closed. (See Fig. l.) The free or discharged ends of the handles A A are curved, as shown at f, in order to form proper stops or bearings.

The lemon is squeezed by being divided, as usual, and one-halt at a time placed in thebowl B, and forcing the bowl C down upon it by pressing the handles A A together. In consequence of having the bowl B project down below the handle A', it may be litt-ed in the top of a glass or bowl which is designed to receive the juice, so that none of the latter can escape.

Cast-iron would probably be the most preferable material for'the squeezer, and it may bejapanned, so as to have a neat appearance and prevent oxidation. l The device thus constructed'will be light and may be manufaetured at a reasonable cost. Itis far preferable to the wooden ones now in use, as the latter. soon beeomesaturated with stalelemonjulee,

and have an unpleasant odor, and they cannot, like my invention, be fitted in a tumbler or vessel to preventl the waste of juice as the lemonfis compressed.

l do not claim, broadly, a cast-metal lemonsqueezer irrespective of the construction or form of the same, for such device has been previously used; but j What I do claim as new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A castmetal lemonsqueezer composed of j Witnesses:

JAMEs LAIRD, RrcHARDsoN GAWLEY. 

